j.b. pritzker is here to respond. it is a big morning of big developing news. so grab your coffee.in. welcome to the weekend. >> breaking overnight, nbc news is reporting that trump officials have forced out all six of the fbi's most senior executives. >> multiple heads. >> of fbi field offices across the country, and about two dozen prosecutors who investigated capitol rioters. a letter to those fired. prosecutors said their removal was based on their role in the january 6th prosecutions. in a separate memo to the fbi workforce sent out friday night, the bureau's acting director told employees that acting deputy attorney general emil bove has asked for a list of all fbi employees who worked on january 6th cases for, quote, a review process to determine whether any additional personnel actions are necessary. joining us now at the table is nbc news justice reporter and author of sedition hunters how january 6th broke the justice system. ryan. riley. >> so. >> ryan. >> it's been a busy week for this administration. i want to play for you. donald trump's response to the question about

j.b. pritzker. governor, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. folks at the white house. i was watching the press briefing yesterday, and the white house press secretary namechecked you by name, saying potentially you you saying that you are not going to comply with the trump administration's new immigration policy is illegal. i just want to know if you have a response to the white house's response to your pushback to their policy. >> well. >> we here in illinois follow the law. they don't seem to believe in that. at the white house, consistently, they've been breaking the law and they've put in place unconstitutional orders. they're trying to take away birthright citizenship, which is right there in the constitution. and by the way, we have laws on the books that do two things. one is we want to arrest and take out of our country those who are violent criminals, who are undocumented. frankly, i don't want them in my state or in the country. those laws are on the books already. but we also have laws on the books that say that people who've been h

j.b. pritzker swore to protect them and they failed to do that because they are continuously telling us that tprotect the illegal immigrants here knowing thacrimt they are bringing all of the drugs and crime here in our city is absolutely ridiculous. we know they are doing this hbecause tom homan was just he, and he just took away someone who waes here since 2009. if i'm not mistaking, that is during the obama administration. he basically had rap sheet of doing horrendous acts togu children. my question is, why is this guy reading now in 2025? >> laura: vashon, it seems to me it is time for president trump to make a trip to chicago. i really want him to be seen in these blue cities and to deliver a message personally to the peoplee. there that i'm here for you, we left america cities, weh want to help rebuild them. frankly, focusing on america first. that is what he is all about.he and i think he would be welcomel if he actually did that. i really, i think, the left would kick up a fuss.he but i think he would find so many allies in the south side and inglewood. i think he would find a lot o

j.b. pritzker sworn an oath to the people of illinois that he will protect us.iled to do that because they're continuously telling us they will protect the illegal immigrants here, knowing that they're bringing all of the drugs and crime here in our city, absolutely ridiculous. we know that they are doing this because tom homan was just here and he just, you know, he just took away someone that was here since 2009. and if i'm not mistaken, that's during the obama administration. and he basically had a rap sheet of doing horrendous toockets children. and my question is why is this guy leaving now in 2025? >> laura: seems to me it's time for president trump to make a trip to chicago. i really want him to be seen in blue cities and deliver a message personally to the people there. that i'm here for you. we love america's cities we want to help rebuild them. frankly focusing on america first, that's what he is all about i think he would be he can withed if he actually did that left would kick up a fuss. he would find some allies in the south side and englewood. i th

j.b. pritzker and says he is just following the law.t and what the border patrols are is saying is look, at the local officials would just honor i.c.e. detainers, he would never have to go into the community with these raids. but the local officials refused to do it. just because that is absolutely correct. our officers, our agents can go into jails in a secure environment and take custody of dangerous felons and get them out of there. but they were doing by not honoring detainers, they allow those people to go into the community and the agents and officers have to go into the community's and chase them, apprehend them, that puts other people at risk because a lot of these criminals, they know right now especially with gitmo being open, a new they will be removed and deported and more likely they will put up a fight, which the agents and officers are trained for. but it is unnecessarily putting innocent people at risk. it is ridiculous that they are doing it. here just be one that would seem to be a logical development here. so, pam bon

j.b. pritzker on a board for weight watchers. [laughter] yeah.mp also signed another order banning demand from woman sp sports. [cheering and applause] -- banning men. and some of the transit woman's athletes are not taking the news of a well. [laughter] >> greg: 's next executive action may be to get rid of the department of education shutting down functions that are not written explicitly into statute, if it's not law it's not legal. no wonder the democrats are panicking. since the education department inception, math scores have been dropping faster than bill cosby's date after the first cocktail. i know, isn't he awful? we all agree. i'm glad. the bottom line, any old days our solemn stately and benign republicans, stayed well behaved as they ran rampant. would be shocked by just one win but typically the wall gracious in defeat. john boehner would have cried and paul ride would have gone back to his one-man show about any monster. -- 80? trump is different, not just a republican president, he is a legend, wherever he goes, the world sits up.

j.b. pritzker. because he is really fat. seriously, look it up.emains the front runner for the 2025 nomination. i know that is some accolade of. that is like being first in line at a james cargo kissing booth. -- james cargo kissing booth. >> i would rather be first and last. >> that is disgusting. >> greg: it is disgusting. disgraced ex-new jersey senator bob mendes was sentenced to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes. he appeared to be really excited about the sentence but it was just a gold bar in his pants. since the pandemic american students have fallen further behind in reading skills. on the bright side being illiterate is not an obstacle to success. [laughter] but also, only one-third of new york city fourth-graders were deemed proficient in math. which is great for me, i can now charge twice as much when i buy them beer. 15% of women in federal prison are actually men claiming to be transgender. that is according to "the new york times" and that weekend i spent at san quentin. scientists are using genetic engineering to create mice w

j.b. pritzker?es in the state prohibits law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement number one. another act doj suing him over from enforcing his called the welcome city act and something in chicago which helps to ensure undocumented residents are not prosecuted solely to immigration status. that is a real problem because if you come to the country illegally, it is a federal crime on its face. doj has been clear in donald trump is clear, they will enforce federal immigration law. one of the most simple ways to do that if illegally, that will be a problem here too if you someone like this official, he will run to the crosshairs quic. they are already suing him. >> john: by and large i.c.e. going after people committing crimes in the country or criminal background in the country of origin and you wonder why the state and city leaders want to protect those people as opposed to putting them in jail or get them out of the country. let's go to pam bondi because i want to put on the scree

j.b. pritzker and chicago mayor brandon johnson for "with federal immigration enforcement, this comes shortlyney general pam bondi's day one directed to enforce terms immigration crackdown." and it includes a complete pause of all federal funding for century cities that will not work with ice. we will see if their sanctuary leaders start changing their tune from this message. >> we will stand up for anybody who is standing up for it -- >> this country, our values, we will fight to the death. >> we are going to defend the people of this city. >> every tool in the toolbox will be used to protect our citizens, to protect our residents, to protect our states, and hold the line on democracy and the rule of law. >> we will not be bullied or blackmailed out of our values ever. >> so they are going to break the law. interesting. because they have bigger hearts? is that how that works? last hour, i spoke with trump terms border czar, tom homan. >> for any mayor or governor who does not want public safety in their communities, i find it hard to believe that, but we are going to do with or without them.

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j.b. pritzker responded saying instead of working with us to support law enforcement, the trump administrations making it more difficult to protect the public. just like it did when trump pardoned the convicted january 6th violent criminals. we look forward to seeing them in court. in a separate action the attorney general directed a pause on federal grants flow to chicago because of sanctuary policies. >> when it documents public safety, our police department is heavily grant dependent from the federal government and this will put us in a bind. >> all this as the house oversight committee has launched an investigation of jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. the mayors of boston, denver, and chicago have all been called up to defend their positions. >> chicago is a city that opens its arms to people from around the globe. we will continue to protect civil and human rights. >> in a clear act of defiance, the illinois governor has banned people pardoned for january 6th getting jobs with a state. the resolution does the same thing in chicago has been drawn

j.b. pritzker has announced he's banning all january 6th offenders from taking any job in the state of with the state of illinois, never mind the pardons from the white house. pritzker is using his power as governor to do that. in the senate, in the house and governor's offices, we are starting to see some elected democrats take action, taking a stand against what trump is trying to do, figuring out how to block it as best they can. as that effort is shaping up among democratic elected officials, the democratic party now has a new leader, somebody who you might not have heard of before this weekend. his name is ken martin. this weekend he was elected as the new chair of the dnc. he won that position in part because of his track record advancing the democratic party's interest in minnesota politics. he started his career as an intern for the late progressive firebrand senator paul wellstone. he worked his way up to becoming head of the democratic party in minnesota, the democratic farm labor party. in the two decades before martin became the state party leader, the minnesota governor's offic

j.b. pritzker will start filling his hot tub with ranch dressing. for the big game. the nfl will remove the words end racism from the end zone, to be replaced by something more appropriate. daniel penny has landed a new job in finance at a major firm. they already have a sign up that says if choking, do not let daniel apply the heimlich. apparently, the biden administration and usaid authorized $20 million to create a version of sesame street in iraq. in this version, when the cookie monster steals cookies, they cut off his hands. hahahahaha! he's still happy, though. ten tren de aragua gang bangers were among the first criminals loaded onto a plane and shipped to gitmo. when they arrived, the concierge said their room wouldn't be ready till one, but they could enjoy a complimentary waterboarding on the house. ron desantis is pushing for a tax holiday with no sales tax on guns and ammo in florida. he calls it second amendment summer. hell, for me, every summer is second amendment summer with these guns. and that is not i. all right. so we've all heard about doge, the